Iran's Greco-Roman Wrestling Team Wins World Title in US

Iran's under-23 Greco-Roman wrestling team won 3 gold and 2 bronze medals to claim the World Championships title in the United States.

According to Ambassador Arjan, the under-23 world championship wrestling competition was held on October 20-23, 1405, hosted by the city of Las Vegas, USA, and the Iranian team won the championship by winning 3 gold medals, 2 bronze medals and 119 points.

For the Iranian national team, Irfan Jarkani in 63 kg, Abolfazl Mehmedi in 82 kg and Yasin Yazdi in 87 kg won gold medals, Mohammad Kamali in 67 kg and Mohammad Hadi Saidi in 97 kg won bronze medals.

The team ranking of this tournament is as follows:

1- Iran 119 points, 2- Kazakhstan 114 points, 3- Russia 105 points, 4- Georgia 97 points, 5- Azerbaijan 77 points, 6- Armenia 74 points, 7- Turkey 73 points, 8- Ukraine 56 points, 9- Kyrgyzstan 56 points, 10- Japan 50 points.

The results of the representatives of our country in this period of competition are as follows:

In the weight of 55 kg, Armin Shamsipour defeated Maxim Sarmanov from Moldova in the first round with a score of 13:4. In the next round, he defeated Zhao from China with a score of 8:0. Shamsipour lost to Moreh from India in the quarter-finals with a score of 8-1, and due to the presence of this wrestler in the finals, Shamsipour returned to the chance group again. However, he could not continue his fights due to injury and withdrew from the competition.

In the weight of 60 kg, Mohammad Ashiri was defeated by Skripchak from Poland in the first round with a score of 8-6, and due to the defeat of this wrestler in the next stage against an opponent from Azerbaijan, Ashiri withdrew from the competition.

In the weight of 63 kg, Irfan Jerkani defeated Khuzrovanizeh from Georgia with a score of 4:2 in the first round. In the next stage, he passed the Tropolini dam from Albania with a score of 9-0. In the next stage, Jerkani passed the barrier of Vitali Eriomenko from Moldova with a score of 2:1 and went to the semi-finals. In this stage, he defeated Angi from Türkiye 5-1 and became a finalist. In the final match, Jerkani defeated Manato Nakamura from Japan with a score of 2:1 and won gold.

In the weight of 67 kg, Mohammad Kamali defeated Bustamante from Chile in the first round with a score of 9:0. In the next stage, he won against Manev from Bulgaria with a score of 9-0 and went to the quarter finals. In this stage, he passed the barrier of Arslanbek Salimov from Poland with a score of 8-0 and reached the semi-finals. In this stage, Kamali lost to Zakrif from Russia with a score of 13:2 and made it to the ranking match. In this match, he won against Yurik Hovian from Armenia with a score of 6-0 and won the bronze medal.

In the weight of 72 kg, Ahmedreza Mohsennejad lost to Kochkurov from Uzbekistan in the first round with a score of 3-1, and due to the defeat of this wrestler in the next round against an opponent from Azerbaijan, Mohsennejad was eliminated.

In the weight of 77 kg, Ahura Boiri defeated Yermif from Estonia in the first round with a score of 9:0. In the next round, he was defeated by Alameddin from Egypt with a score of 5-1, and due to his opponent's presence in the final, Boiri returned to the odds again. He lost to Ruslan Noorullahyev from Azerbaijan with a score of 10:1 and withdrew from the competition.

In the weight of 82 kg, after a break in the first round, Abolfazl Mehmadi defeated Mikladze from Georgia with a score of 4:1 in the second round and made his way to the quarter finals. In this stage, Mehmedi defeated Mihael Lukacs from Croatia with a score of 9-0 and reached the semi-finals. In this stage, he won against Arapkhanov from Russia with a score of 5-0 and was named the first finalist of the national wrestling team. In the final, he won 2-1 against Martik Petrosian from Armenia and won the first gold medal of Iran's caravan.

In the weight of 87 kg, Yasin Yazdi defeated Vamos from Serbia in the second round with a score of 11:0 after taking a break in the first round. He then defeated Hajiyev from Azerbaijan with a result of 6:2 and went to the semi-final match. At this stage, Yazdi passed Martin Lusak from Norway with a score of 3-1 and reached the final. In the final, he won against Tamirlan Turdakin from Kazakhstan with a score of 4-0 and won the gold medal.

In the weight of 97 kg, Mohammad Hadi Saidi defeated Zambrano from Ecuador in the first round with a score of 8:0. In the second round, he beat Chatsaturov from Greece with a score of 6-1 and reached the quarterfinals. Saidi defeated Wojciech Ivanovski from Poland with a result of 5:3 and went to the semi-final match. In this stage, he lost against Ihor Yakushenko from Ukraine with a score of 4:1 and made it to the ranking match. At this stage, Saidi defeated Nurasil Aman Ali from Kazakhstan with a score of 8:0 and won the bronze medal.

In the weight of 130 kg, Abolfazl Fathi Tzangi, after taking a break in the first round, lost to Darabos from Hungary in the second round with a score of 1:1, and due to the defeat of this wrestler in the next stage, Tzangi withdrew from the competition.

55 kg: 1- Kuba Karomidze (Georgia) 2- Vishwajit Ramchandra More (India) 3- Arsen Juma (Kazakhstan) and Malik Gigiyev (Russia)

60 kg: 1- Aitbek Aitbekov (Kazakhstan) 2- Elmir Aliyev (Azerbaijan) 3- Kobanich Arinov (Kyrgyzstan) and Sima Tokohara (Japan)

63 kg: 1- Erfan Jerkani (Iran) 2- Manato Nakamura (Japan) 3- Igor Panchenko (Russia) and Serot Angi (Turkey)

67 kg: 1- Erzu Zakariyev (Russia) 2- Azat Sariyar (Turkey) 3- Mohammad Kamali (Iran) and Takako Suzuki (Japan)

72 kg: 1- Yusuf Ashrapov (Kazakhstan), 2- Gasper Tertarian (Armenia), 3- Ibrahim Ozdemir (Turkey) and Nilson Sinestra (Colombia).

77 kg: 1- Mustafa Hossein Fathi Alameddin (Egypt) 2- Levante Levai (Hungary) 3- Ruslan Noroliev (Azerbaijan) and Anri Putkaradze (Georgia)

82 kg: 1- Abolfazl Mehmadi (Iran) 2- Martik Petrosyan (Armenia) 3- Tornike Melikadze (Georgia) and Erlan Mars Olu (Kyrgyzstan)

87 kg: 1- Yasin Yazdi (Iran) 2- Tamirlan Tordakin (Kazakhstan) 3- Martin Liusak (Norway) and Alpern Berber (Turkey)

97 kg: 1- Abubakr Khaslakhanov (Belarus) 2- Yehor Yakushenko (Ukraine) 3- Mohammadhadi Saidi (Iran) and Darius Kiefer (Germany)

130 kg: 1- Wenhao Jiang (China) 2- Ali Ilyasov (Russia) 3- Johar Ozarov (Kazakhstan) and Kevin Ouspensky (Estonia)